Farmington’s first clean up day a success

Thursday

Nov 22, 2012 at 3:15 AM

FARMINGTON — On Nov. 10, over 40 folks joined together to partake in Farmington’s first Community Clean-Up Day. The event was spearheaded by resident Abby Pagan-Allis, with assistance from the Farmington Conservation Commission. Volunteers walked five different roads totaling 12 round trip miles to pick up discarded trash and litter along the shoulders of Cocheco Road, Bay Road, River Road, Meetinghouse Hill Road and Hornetown Road. Over 175 bags of litter were collected along with two console TVs; 17 tires, a vehicle’s gas tank, numerous car parts, carpeting and two bicycles. Everything weighed in at the Town’s Transfer Station at 2,340 pounds — over 1.3 tons.

Most of the volunteers were from Farmington, although there were some who traveled from as far away as Alton, Lee and Derry. Local officials and town employees also joined in the event. Selectmen Charlie King and Paula Proulx, Police Chief Kevin Willey, Lieutenant J. Drury and Detective Brian Driscoll, Director of Public Works Scott Hazelton, and members of the Conservation Commission were just some of the volunteers. Not only did these folks help make Farmington a cleaner town, but also engaged with the public and shared “Community Pride.”

The volunteers were provided with coffee and pastries in the morning, which were donated by Honey Dew Donuts of Farmington, and in the afternoon they enjoyed pizza, donated by Crowley’s Variety; sub sandwiches by Subway of Farmington and homemade chili thanks to Farmington resident Camille Craycraft. Assorted refreshments were donated by Hannaford Supermarket on Main Street in Rochester and also by Walmart Supercenter of Rochester.